Spring-fastener.



J. CRANZLER.

SPRING FASTENER.

APPLICATION FiLED JULY 24, 917- 1 273,037 Patented July 16, 1918.

provide a JACOB GRANZLER, on NEW YORK, n. Y.-

SPRING-FASTENER.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Julyie, 1918.

Application filed July 24, 1917 Serial No. 182,468.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it knownthat I, JAcoB GRANZLER, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of NewYork, State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Spring- Fasteners, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to thefigures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in spring fasteners.

The object of my invention is to provide a fastener more especiallydesigned for suit cases, hand bags, boxes and the like, which has .onlyone part and secured to the case by a single bolt or rivet, whereby agreat saving in labor and material in the manu facture and applicationof the device is obtained.

Another object of my invention is to simple and effective fastener ofthis character having certain details of structure and combination ofparts hereinafter fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a suit case showing my fastenerapplied and in an unfastened position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastenor showing the clasp in itsfastened position.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view'of a suit case showing the fastenerapplied and fastened.

Fi at is a plan view of a slightly modified orm. I

In the ordinary fastener for hand bags, suit cases and the like, it hasbeen necessary to attach the fastener proper to the body of the suitcase and to fasten a second proj ecting member to the flange of thecover to cooperate with the clasp of the fastener, which has requiredfrom five to seven bolts or rivets to securely fasten them to the case,which is expensive both in material and labor in manufacture and alsoexpensive in the application of the same to the case. In myimprovedfastener one bolt or rivet is all that is necessary to securethe same to the case and which is a great saving in material and laborand also a saving in labor in the application of the same to the case.

Referring now to the drawings 1 represents the base of my improvedfastener 2 in which is arranged a spring 3 engaging the pivoted clasp &and adapted to exert a spring tension .on the clasp when in the positionshown in Fig. 3 all of which is of the usual structure of suit casefasteners and needs no further description. The base 1 is provided withan opening 5 at its lower end through which passes which has a housingthe rivet 6 for fastening the same to the side walls 7 of the body of;the suit case. The opposite end of the base is provided with a tongue 8which has its outer end bent downwardly as indicated at 9 and spacedfrom the remainder of the tongue. This downwardly bent portion passes onthe inside of the side walls 7' of the case 7 and provided with openingsthrough which the rivet 8 passes and firmly holds the upper end of thebase against outward movement as will be readily understood by referenceto Fig. 3 of the drawings. The clasp 4 is provided with a downwardlyextending tongue 10 having an inwardly turned lower end forming a stud11 adapted to enter an opening in the flange of the suit case which Iwill now describe.

The cover 12 of the suit case has the usual flange 13 around the sameadapted to pass on the outside of the side and end walls of the suitcase 7 and over the tongue 8 of the fastener. The lower edges of theflange 13 opposite the fasteners are provided with openings 14 throughwhich the inwardly extending stud 11 passes and by means of which thecover is held in the closed position. The opening 14: is of an elongatedform and is preferably made in the application of the elongated eyelet15 to the flange, which prevents the tongue pulling out through theleather or other material of which the case is made.

In the modification shown in Fig. 41 the base and the tongue 16 are madeof the same width and the clasp 4 has a round stud 17 carried therebyand in which event a round eyelet 18 is secured in the flange of thecover to cooperate with the round stud 17. The operation of the fasteneris the same in both forms, which is as follows:

The clasp is thrown in the position shown in Fi 3 the spring retainingthe same with t e stud 11 through the eyelet and its inner end engagingthe outer face of the tongue 8 whereby the cover is held againstmovement. To release the fastener, the

clasp is thrown downwardly withdrawing clasp carried by the plate and alateral stud the stud from the eyelet allowing the cover carried by theclasp opposite the tongue to be opened. and extending through an openingin-the 15 Having thus described my invention, what cover of thereceptacle contacting with the 5 I claim as new and desire to secure byLettongue.

ters Patent, is:- V In testimony whereof, I affix my signa- In aflastener of thle character dlescriged, ture in the presence of twowitnesses. the coin ination wit a receptac e, -'o a c v j plate, atongue carried by one end of the V JACOB ORANZLER' 10 plate andextending upwardly o'ver the upw Witnesses:

per edge of the receptacle and embracing JOSEPH BUKowITz, the inner faceof the receptacle, a pivoted AUG srrA PE K.

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